charwoman

Example Sentences

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She later got a job as a charwoman, but left her employers, stealing some clothes.

From BBC • May 1, 2021

Steve Beall generates some droll moments as a lascivious doctor, and Liz Dutton is splendidly ominous as a silent charwoman charged with cleaning up after executions.

From Washington Post • Feb. 18, 2016

His father was a marble cutter, his mother a charwoman.

From New York Times • Jun. 25, 2015

Oaks' swishy Marc Anthony and a hilarious, light- fingered Gommels as the Polish charwoman piano accompanist for the travesty.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 14, 2010

Frau Mikes turned out to be an Austrian woman who had worked as a charwoman in an office building.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom